Video Mixing Method and System

1. A video mixing computer apparatus comprising: a computing device including at least one processor, storage and input/output (I/O) hardware; a touch interface associated with the computing device having multiple concurrently visible selectable tiles delineated therein, at least some of the multiple tiles each having associated therewith a media viewer, each media viewer being capable of displaying a visual source in response to selection of the associated tile; a compositing engine within the computing device; the at least some tiles, the associated media viewers, and the compositing engine configured to interoperate such that, when a user selects a first tile, a part of a first visual source associated with the first tile will be played for the user by a first media player associated with the first tile, and when the user then selects a second tile, a part of a second visual source associated with the second tile will be played for the user by a second media player associated with the second tile, and concurrent with the playing of the part of the first visual source and the part of the second visual source, information relating to the part of the first visual source and the part of the second visual source will be captured for use by the compositing engine to create a media file as a sequential mix of the first visual source and second visual source corresponding to the user's selections' timings and durations.

2. The video mixing computer apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising: an audio player, stored within the computing device; and at least one audio track, stored within the computing device, wherein a first part of the at least one audio track is played in conjunction with playing the part of first visual source and a second part of the at least one audio track is played in conjunction with playing the part of second visual source, and wherein the information includes audio track information such that, when the media file is created, the mix will include the part of the first visual source synchronized with the first part of the at least one audio track, and the part of the second visual source synchronized with the second part of the at least one audio track.

3. The video mixing computer apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the computing device is one of: a personal computer, a tablet computer, a gaming console or a smart phone.

4. The video mixing computer apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the computing device comprises at least one of: a touch screen, a projected user interface, a multi-touch projected display, or a gestural interface, via which the user can interact with the touch interface.

5. The video mixing computer apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising: at least one enhancement that can be applied to at least one of the first visual source or the second visual source as part of the creating of the media file.

6. The video mixing computer apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the at least one enhancement comprises a transition, an effect or a filter.

7. The video mixing computer apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least some tiles of the touch interface have a user selectable configuration.

8. The video mixing computer apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the user selectable configuration allows the user to alter at least one of: (i) a number of tiles, (ii) a tile shape, or (iii) a tile placement.

9. The video mixing computer apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least some tiles of the touch interface are arranged in an organized array.

10. The video mixing computer apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the organized array is a rectangular array.

11. The video mixing computer apparatus of claim 9 , wherein at least one of the at least some tiles of the touch interface have a shape that is: hexagonal, rectangular, triangular, or circular.

12. The video mixing computer apparatus of claim 9 , wherein at least two of the at least some tiles of the touch interface have shapes that are different from each other.

13. The video mixing computer apparatus of claim 9 , wherein at least two of the at least some tiles of the touch interface have sizes that are different from each other.

14. The video mixing computer apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a buffer to which at least one of the visual sources selected by the user via the touch interface will be directed.

15. The video mixing computer apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the buffer is a FIFO buffer.

16. A method performed in a computer device, the method comprising: receiving a selection of a first tile via a touch interface, the first tile having associated with it a first visual source; in response to the selection of the first tile, playing the first visual source until a selection of a second tile is received; upon receiving the selection of the second tile, halting the playing of the first visual source and begin playing of the second visual source until a selection of a different tile is received, the different tile being one of the first tile or an other tile; and creating a single playable media file from at least the first visual source and second visual source, the media file comprising a portion of the first visual source having a start point corresponding to the selection of the first tile and an end point corresponding to a time that the selection of the second tile occurred, followed by a portion of the second visual source having a start point corresponding to the selection of the second tile and an end point corresponding to a time that the selection of the different tile occurred.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the creating the single media file comprises: compositing at least the portion of the first visual source and the portion of the second visual source.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the compositing further comprises: applying at least one transition, effect or filter to the portion of the first visual source or the portion of the second visual source.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the compositing further comprises: incorporating a portion of an audio track into the single media file selection-synchronized with at least one of the portion of the first visual source or the portion of the second visual source.

20. The method of claim 16 , further comprising: receiving a gesture via the touch interface identifying a transition, effect or filter to be applied to at least one of the portion of the first visual source or the portion of the second visual source.